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Wikidata weekly summary #284
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Discussions
 * New request for comments: Defining account creators


 * Events/Press/Blogs
 * Past: WikiArabia 2017, Cairo, Egypt, 23-25 October
 * Past: WikidataCon, Berlin, 28-29 October. You can find the slides, notes and video recordings for most of the sessions
 * Past: Wikidata's fifth birthday in Tokyo, Seoul, Munich
 * Upcoming: Using Wikidata to create a multi-lingual multi-dialectal dictionary for Arabic dialects in the 14th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA 2017), Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia, 30 October-3 November.
 * Upcoming : Wikidata and Wiki Loves Monuments editathon in Berlin, 24-26 November (in German). We're looking for trainers to explain the basic use of QuickStatements, Open Refine and Mix'n'Match. If you want to join, please contact MB-one


 * Wikidata's birthday
 * The fifth anniversary of Wikidata was celebrated, as every year, with a lot of presents, events and stories. You can find an overview on the birthday page.
 * Birthday presents
 * Search index now contains statements with and  . These can be used to influence search rankings and in the future also for matching.
 * inventaire.io CC0 Wikidata-ready NDJSON and TTL dumps are now accessible at dumps.inventaire.io
 * You can now move claims to new items with moveClaim.js. You can do so by typing "new".
 * Prefix search on Wikidata (wbsearchentities API) now is using ElasticSearch as backend. This should improve search quality and also is more flexible and tunable.
 * Wikidata becomes a proper citizen of the linked open data web
 * graves.wiki – visualization of grave locations stored in Wikidata
 * Wikidata Concepts Monitor (WDCM) - Wikidata semantic topics and usage statistics
 * Happy Birthday to You, Dear Wikidata – recording and improvisation (Lucas Werkmeister)
 * You can now create items from the command-line
 * Crochet your own cute structured data bee to express your appreciation for structured data in the Wikimedia movement! And ask her/him/it to join the.
 * Wikidata Query Service UI: Geoshapes from Commons are now displayed in the Map view: [https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23%20constituencies%20for%20the%20election%20to%20the%20German%20Bundestag%202017%2C%20with%20winning%20candidate%20and%20party%0ASELECT%20%3Fdistrict%20%3FdistrictLabel%20%3FdistrictNumber%20%3Fmdb%20%3FmdbLabel%20%3Fparty%20%3FpartyLabelCONF%20%28%3FpartyLabel%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%20%3FvotesPercentage%20%3Frgb%20%3Fshape%20%3FsanityCheckMdb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20find%20districts%20with%20shape%0A%20%20%3Fdistrict%20wdt%3AP3896%20%3Fshape%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20successful%20candidate%20for%2019th%20German%20Bundestag%20with%20party%20and%20%25%20votes%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP991%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP991%20%3Fmdb%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP2937%20wd%3AQ30579723%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP1268%20%3Fparty%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pqv%3AP1111%20%5B%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FvotesPercentage%3B%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ11229%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20district%20number%20in%202017%20Bundestag%20constituencies%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP528%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP528%20%3FdistrictNumberString%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP972%20wd%3AQ26971257%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%23%20turn%20string%20district%20number%20into%20integer%0A%20%20BIND%28xsd%3Ainteger%28%3FdistrictNumberString%29%20AS%20%3FdistrictNumber%29%0A%20%20%23%20sanity%20check%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmdb%20p%3AP39%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP39%20wd%3AQ1939555%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP2937%20wd%3AQ30579723%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP768%20%3Fdistrict%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP4100%20%3Fparty%0A%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28true%20AS%20%3FsanityCheckMdb%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20find%20original%20color%20of%20party%0A%20%20%3Fparty%20wdt%3AP462%3F%2Fwdt%3AP465%20%3FrgbOriginal.%0A%20%20%23%20fade%20color%20depending%20on%20%25%20votes%2C%20knowing%20that%20the%20original%20colors%20are%20only%20composed%20of%20FF%2C%2080%2C%2000%3A%20shift%2080%20to%20A0%20or%20C0%2C%20and%2000%20to%2040%20or%2080%0A%20%20%23%20%28using%20separate%20calls%20to%20replace%20R%2C%20G%2C%20and%20B%20components%20so%20that%20the%20replacements%20are%20aligned%20to%20them%29%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3FvotesPercentage%20%3E%3D%20%28100%2F2%29%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FrgbOriginal%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3FvotesPercentage%20%3E%3D%20%28100%2F3%29%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28%3FrgbOriginal%2C%20%2280%28..%29%28..%29%22%2C%20%22A0%241%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%2980%28..%29%22%2C%20%22%241A0%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%29%28..%2980%22%2C%20%22%241%242A0%22%29%2C%20%2200%28..%29%28..%29%22%2C%20%2240%241%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%2900%28..%29%22%2C%20%22%24140%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%29%28..%2900%22%2C%20%22%241%24240%22%29%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28%3FrgbOriginal%2C%20%2280%28..%29%28..%29%22%2C%20%22C0%241%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%2980%28..%29%22%2C%20%22%241C0%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%29%28..%2980%22%2C%20%22%241%242C0%22%29%2C%20%2200%28..%29%28..%29%22%2C%20%2280%241%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%2900%28..%29%22%2C%20%22%24180%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%29%28..%2900%22%2C%20%22%241%24280%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%29%20AS%20%3Frgb%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdistrict%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FdistrictLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparty%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpartyLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmdb%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FmdbLabel.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FdistrictNumber Constituencies for the election to the German Bundestag 2017, with winning candidate and party]
 * Wikidata Query Service UI: The query service now shows you code examples for how to use your query in many programming languages (example query)
 * [//www.johl.io/dungeonofknowledge/ Dungeon of Knowledge] ([//github.com/johl/dungeonofknowledge source]), a roguelike game where you explore a dungeon full of bits of Wikidata wisdom
 * Simple WD an experiment of a simple frontend API on top of Wikidata using JSON-LD and schema.org.
 * mapview widget/user script on Wikidata
 * Images fragments for an item depicted on several artworks
 * Histropedia Query Timeline tool - Demo of cool new features launched today for WikidataCon
 * Q42395533 - the first item about a notable item!
 * SQID now suggests statements that we are missing (example page, log in to see suggestions) -- more on WikiProject_Reasoning soon
 * From labs VM to Wikibase Query Service in 2 minutes (using Docker images and docker-compose)
 * Stories and reflections
 * Wishes for the year to come, by Tpt
 * Happy Birthday Wikidata! by the Gene Wiki Team
 * Some random thoughts on the occasion of Wikidata's fifth birthday, by PKM
 * Wishes and a personal story, by Spinster
 * Happy Birthday, Wikidata by RolandUnger from Wikivoyage
 * Happy Birthday, Wikidata by Katherine Maher
 * Two years of Wikidata experience from ArthurPSmith
 * Happy Birthday wishes from Wikimedia Deutschland
 * Message from the development team


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties: Biblioteca Nacional de México ID, MNCARS artist ID, BFI Film and TV ID, FPB rating, The Coptic Library ID, snap package, LesBiographies.com ID, Indian Foundation for Butterflies ID, AKL Online Artist ID, Google Doodle, New York City Parks Monument ID, Pro14 player ID, implementation of, GACS ID, Y-DNA Haplogroup, mtDNA haplogroup, mandates, Portuguese lighthouse ID, U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame athlete ID, Sportbox.ru ID, VNDB ID, Videolectures ID, New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame ID, rfpl.org player ID, Panthéon des sports du Québec ID, Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee ID, New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame athlete ID, Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame athlete ID, Ontario Sports Hall of Fame athlete ID, Quora username, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame ID


 * Query examples:
 * Organic acids with images (source)
 * People who are their father's father (source)
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3AMap%0A%23%20constituencies%20for%20the%20election%20to%20the%20German%20Bundestag%202017%2C%20with%20winning%20candidate%20and%20party%0ASELECT%20%3Fdistrict%20%3FdistrictLabel%20%3FdistrictNumber%20%3Fmdb%20%3FmdbLabel%20%3Fparty%20%3FpartyLabelCONF%20%28%3FpartyLabel%20AS%20%3Flayer%29%20%3FvotesPercentage%20%3Frgb%20%3Fshape%20%3FsanityCheckMdb%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20find%20districts%20with%20shape%0A%20%20%3Fdistrict%20wdt%3AP3896%20%3Fshape%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20successful%20candidate%20for%2019th%20German%20Bundestag%20with%20party%20and%20%25%20votes%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP991%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP991%20%3Fmdb%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP2937%20wd%3AQ30579723%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP1268%20%3Fparty%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pqv%3AP1111%20%5B%20wikibase%3AquantityAmount%20%3FvotesPercentage%3B%20wikibase%3AquantityUnit%20wd%3AQ11229%20%5D%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20district%20number%20in%202017%20Bundestag%20constituencies%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP528%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP528%20%3FdistrictNumberString%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP972%20wd%3AQ26971257%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%23%20turn%20string%20district%20number%20into%20integer%0A%20%20BIND%28xsd%3Ainteger%28%3FdistrictNumberString%29%20AS%20%3FdistrictNumber%29%0A%20%20%23%20sanity%20check%0A%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmdb%20p%3AP39%20%5B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20ps%3AP39%20wd%3AQ1939555%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP2937%20wd%3AQ30579723%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP768%20%3Fdistrict%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20pq%3AP4100%20%3Fparty%0A%20%20%20%20%5D.%0A%20%20%20%20BIND%28true%20AS%20%3FsanityCheckMdb%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%23%20find%20original%20color%20of%20party%0A%20%20%3Fparty%20wdt%3AP462%3F%2Fwdt%3AP465%20%3FrgbOriginal.%0A%20%20%23%20fade%20color%20depending%20on%20%25%20votes%2C%20knowing%20that%20the%20original%20colors%20are%20only%20composed%20of%20FF%2C%2080%2C%2000%3A%20shift%2080%20to%20A0%20or%20C0%2C%20and%2000%20to%2040%20or%2080%0A%20%20%23%20%28using%20separate%20calls%20to%20replace%20R%2C%20G%2C%20and%20B%20components%20so%20that%20the%20replacements%20are%20aligned%20to%20them%29%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3FvotesPercentage%20%3E%3D%20%28100%2F2%29%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3FrgbOriginal%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20IF%28%3FvotesPercentage%20%3E%3D%20%28100%2F3%29%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28%3FrgbOriginal%2C%20%2280%28..%29%28..%29%22%2C%20%22A0%241%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%2980%28..%29%22%2C%20%22%241A0%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%29%28..%2980%22%2C%20%22%241%242A0%22%29%2C%20%2200%28..%29%28..%29%22%2C%20%2240%241%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%2900%28..%29%22%2C%20%22%24140%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%29%28..%2900%22%2C%20%22%241%24240%22%29%2C%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28REPLACE%28%3FrgbOriginal%2C%20%2280%28..%29%28..%29%22%2C%20%22C0%241%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%2980%28..%29%22%2C%20%22%241C0%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%29%28..%2980%22%2C%20%22%241%242C0%22%29%2C%20%2200%28..%29%28..%29%22%2C%20%2280%241%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%2900%28..%29%22%2C%20%22%24180%242%22%29%2C%20%22%28..%29%28..%2900%22%2C%20%22%241%24280%22%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%29%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%29%20AS%20%3Frgb%29%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fdistrict%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FdistrictLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fparty%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FpartyLabel.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmdb%20rdfs%3Alabel%20%3FmdbLabel.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3FdistrictNumber 2017 German federal election results by district with geoshapes and color depending on the % of votes] (source)
 * Cities with most first performances of works (source)
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/#%23%20UK%20parliaments%20with%20count%20of%20Johns%20and%20count%20of%20women%0A%23defaultView%3ALineChart%0ASELECT%20%3Fdate%20%3Fcount%20%3Flabel%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20all%20MPs%20with%20their%20associated%20parliament%0A%20%20SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Fmp%20%3Fparliament%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ5.%0A%20%20%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20new%20data%20model%3A%20position%20held%20%E2%80%93%20Member%20of%20the%20nth%20Parliament%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20p%3AP39%2Fps%3AP39%20%3Fposition.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fposition%20wdt%3AP279%20wd%3AQ16707842%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20p%3AP279%2Fpq%3AP2937%7Cwdt%3AP2937%20%3Fparliament.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%20UNION%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%23%20old%20data%20model%3A%20member%20of%20%E2%80%93%20nth%20Parliament%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20p%3AP463%2Fps%3AP463%20%3Fparliament.%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%3Fparliament%20wdt%3AP31%20wd%3AQ21094819.%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D%20AS%20%25MPsWithParliament%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20count%20of%20Johns%20in%20each%20parliament%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fparliament%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fmp%29%20AS%20%3Fjohns%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25MPsWithParliament.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20wdt%3AP735%20wd%3AQ4925477.%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fparliament%0A%7D%20AS%20%25johns%20WITH%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20count%20of%20women%20in%20each%20parliament%0A%20%20SELECT%20%3Fparliament%20%28COUNT%28DISTINCT%20%3Fmp%29%20AS%20%3Fwomen%29%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20INCLUDE%20%25MPsWithParliament.%0A%20%20%20%20%3Fmp%20wdt%3AP21%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ6581072.%20%23%20%28P279%2a%3A%20include%20transgender%20females%20%E2%80%93%20non%20yet%2C%20but%20will%20probably%20happen%20in%20the%20future%29%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Fparliament%0A%7D%20AS%20%25women%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%23%20get%20%3Fjohns%20and%20%3Fwomen%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25johns.%0A%20%20INCLUDE%20%25women.%0A%20%20%23%20fan%20out%20single%20result%0A%20%20%23%20%3Fparliament%20%3Fjohns%20%3Fwomen%0A%20%20%23%20into%20two%20results%0A%20%20%23%20%3Fparliament%20%22Johns%22%20%3Fjohns%0A%20%20%23%20%3Fparliament%20%22women%22%20%3Fwomen%0A%20%20%23%20so%20the%20line%20chart%20works%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Flabel%20%7B%20%22Johns%22%40en%20%22women%22%40en%20%7D%0A%20%20BIND%28IF%28%3Flabel%20%3D%20%22Johns%22%40en%2C%20%3Fjohns%2C%20%3Fwomen%29%20AS%20%3Fcount%29%0A%20%20%23%20get%20parliament%20date%20for%20the%20chart%0A%20%20%3Fparliament%20wdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP580%20%3Fdate.%0A%20%20%23%20add%20labels%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Fdate Count of women Vs. guys names “John” in the UK parliament] (source)
 * Percentage of popes who died in Rome (source)
 * First sites registered at Unesco for each country (source)


 * Development
 * Continued working on persistent storage of edits on Lexeme pages
 * Fixed an encoding problem in the SVG download of query results in the query service (T178564)
 * Fixed a problem with change dispatching changes to Wikipedia and co, that sometimes lead to single wikis falling way behind. (T179060)
 * Added full URIs for external identifiers to the RDF export
 * You can leave feedback on how improved fulltext search result page should look like

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 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
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 * Suggested and open tasks!
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 * The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
 * A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
 * Following a request for comment,, and  will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

Obituaries
 * The Wikipedia community has recently learned that (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as . Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

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Query
Hello, I was just testing List of Jains/wikidata and was wondering if there's a way to compare the results with List of Jains. Is that possible? -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · [//tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=Capankajsmilyo&project=en.wikipedia.org count])  08:22, 2 November 2017 (UTC)


 * I see that's been moved to User:Capankajsmilyo/List of Jains. The only way to compare them, that I know of, is to use off-wiki text comparison tools, or extracting each into a spreadsheet. Try asking for alternatives, at [WP:VPT]]. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:16, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

ArbCom case request
Hi Andy, just a courtesy message to let you know that you've been mentioned in a case request relating to the dispute about information from Wikidata on enwiki. Regards, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:48, 6 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Please include a link when you make such notifications. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:37, 6 November 2017 (UTC)


 * (watching:) I wonder if said page could be structured, to have a template for every case request, as we have them for FAC and even DYK? If you watch one of 4 requests (as last week, - I watch the one on top that has still not been put "out of its misery") it would be helpful if you'd see on your watchlist which case was commented, not just who commented. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:16, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #285
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Discussions
 * Open request for adminship: Obaid Raza


 * Events/Press/Blogs
 * Wikidata, a rapidly growing global hub, turns five on WMF's blog by Andrew Lih and Robert Fernandez
 * Locating IMDB IDs of movies in the Internet Archive using Wikidata, by Petter Reinholdtsen
 * Mix-n-Match: Large Catalogs, by Magnus Manske


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * If you want to review what happened during the WikidataCon, here is the list of all the sessions, with slides, notes and videos, when available
 * Release of wikidata-edit v2.0.0: brings qualifiers and references support, and a few breaking changes. See changelogs
 * Release of wikidata-cli v5.0.0: brings qualifiers and references support, multi-entity summary|label|description|description requests, a new `edit-item` command, and a few breaking changes. See changelogs


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties: Barbarian R.C. id, Barbarian F.C. id, Isidore ID, Team GB athlete ID, HOC athlete ID, COAM architect ID, Camera Decision ID, Google Play developer ID, INDUCKS miniseries ID, INDUCKS issue ID, INDUCKS story ID, INDUCKS publisher ID, INDUCKS creator ID, INDUCKS publication ID, INDUCKS character ID, Survey of Scottish Witchcraft - Accused witch ID, Humble Store ID, Australian Baseball League player ID, European Fencing Confederation athlete ID, IBHOF boxer ID, Melon artist ID, Czech Jockey Club horse ID, Rush Parliamentary Archive ID, British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association ID, IGHOF athlete ID, Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductee ID, Twitch game ID, Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID, Ecole des chartes thesis abstract ID, Rugby League Project player ID, Canadian Ski Hall of Fame inductee ID, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee ID, World Golf Hall of Fame player ID, Kaitai Struct format gallery ID, Diccionario biográfico español ID, Dutch Cemetery in Chinsurah ID, Discography of American Historical Recordings ID, Internet Off-Broadway Database ID, Coinage of the Roman Republic Online ID, Argentine Chamber of Deputies ID, Argentine Senate member ID, Thibaudeau classification, Scoresway handball person ID, HAL author ID, Shirat Nashim person ID, cash back, Minimum Spend Bonus, reward program, grace period, reward, Card Network, mean age, hydraulic head


 * Query examples:
 * endemic moths of New Zealand with images in Wikidata (source)
 * Images of people commemorated by plaques in Jena, Germany (source)
 * Paintings located in Le Louvre without pictures on Wikidata, with the location in the museum (source)
 * Persons who will have their work in public domain in 2018 in Denmark, with their occupations (source)
 * Political parties by ideology in a tree view (source)
 * Organic acids with pictures (source)
 * Levels of education in France, from kindergarten to high school, with their US equivalents (source)
 * Horses drawn on hills in the UK (source)
 * Frequency of “retrieved” dates in Wikidata references (source)
 * Newest database reports: completeness of family relation properties

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.
 * Development
 * query service UI improvements (Ided10bb8c8, I3c6ec22a15, Ieb6e561563, I9a526fc8b4, Ib4ea273ab1
 * proposed changes to HTML around statements – feedback welcome!
 * Finished diff support for lexeme T178757
 * Refactoring PropertySuggester-python for better maintainability and performance (T179664)
 * JavaScript libraries used by Wikibase have been integrated as submodules into Wikibase's git repository (T177087)
 * Git repository of the Wikibase JavaScript API has been moved. Check your settings! (T178226)


 * Monthly Tasks
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
 * Suggested and open tasks!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item.
 * Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * The Cebuano and Swedish wikis have a lot of bot-created content which is unconnected to other wiki articles. A good way to tackle that problem is by checking constraint violations for property GeoNames ID.
 * Help write the next summary!

Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 11:31, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-45
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes
 * You will no longer see the patrol log on Special:Log unless you specifically select it.

Changes later this week
 * The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey begins on 6 November. You can post proposals from 19:00 UTC and until November 19.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 November. It will be on all wikis from 9 November (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 8 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * URLs that link to sections on Wikimedia wikis with non-Latin scripts have looked like this:  instead of  . This will soon be fixed. Old links will still work.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  18:45, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Template:Infobox district
Would be nice if Template:Infobox district could be deleted. All ~2500 left over calls could be replaced with calls to Template:Infobox settlement. 77.179.249.182 (talk) 03:57, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Infobox_district&limit=2500 77.179.249.182 (talk) 03:58, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Maybe I missed the beginning of this discussion, but please see WP:R, especially items 2 and 5. Redirects like Template:Infobox district help prevent people from creating duplicate templates. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:41, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Jonesey95 is correct Furthermore, you can change uses of Infobox district to Infobox settlement, as and when you make other edits (but should usually not edit just to make that change). Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:39, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * That User:Jonesey95 is correct would imply that Template:Infobox_district is an article. Where is the evidence for that? 77.180.87.44 (talk) 19:37, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #286
Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week. 
 * Events/Press/Blogs
 * Upcoming: IRC office hour, November 14th, 19:00 (UTC+2) in the channel #wikimedia-office
 * Review of the WikidataCon by Sean McBirnie (Histropedia)
 * Blogpost on workflow co-documentation with community members during the WikidataCon, by Jan Dittrich
 * Completeness and the Age of Abundance of free tools, in Basque language, by Theklan
 * Report about the first WikidataCon in Hungarian language, by Texaner
 * Report of the WikidataCon 2017 in German, by MB-one
 * Visualising Wikidata on Interactive Timelines using HistropediaJS by Sean McBirnie
 * Wikidata: A growing community behind open data by John Samuel
 * Report about the 2017 WikidataCon in Polish, by Yarl
 * Report about WikidataCon 2017 for WMAM community in Armenian, by Kareyac
 * WikidataCon - my résumé by Ahoerstemeier


 * Other Noteworthy Stuff
 * Wikidata training material and sample SPARQL queries by Geertivp
 * A new version of Unicode CLDR was released, including data about languages from Wikidata
 * research article where Wikidata is used to unify metabolite identifiers: WikiPathways


 * Did you know?


 * Newest properties: vertical depth, describes a project that uses, National Monuments of Namibia Site Reference, CycleBase cyclist ID, California Sports Hall of Fame athlete ID, Formal Public Identifier, IAFD male performer ID, IWRP athlete ID, Wimbledon player ID, Snooker.org ID, albedo, family relationship degree, World Snooker athlete ID, Microsoft Store artist ID, NACE code, Xenopus Anatomical Ontology ID


 * Query examples:
 * [https://query.wikidata.org/#%23defaultView%3ATimeline%0ASELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Ft%20%3Fvalue%20%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FrrLabel%20%20%3Frr%20%28SAMPLE%28%3Fimage%29%20as%20%3Fimg%29%0AWHERE%0A%7B%0A%20%20VALUES%20%3Fperson%20%7Bwd%3AQ1512%7D%0A%20%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20%3Fprop%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28datatype%28%3Ft%29%3Dxsd%3AdateTime%29%20FILTER%20%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fvalue%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Fprop.%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20%3Fq%20%3Fstatement%20%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fq%29%2C%22prop%2FP%22%29%20.%20%23exclude%20P%3AdescribedBy%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20%3Fp%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fp%29%2C%20%22prop%2Fqualifier%2FP%22%29%20FILTER%20%28datatype%28%3Ft%29%3Dxsd%3AdateTime%29%20FILTER%20%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29.%0A%20%20%20%3Fstatement%20%3Fr%20%3Fvalue%20FILTER%20regex%20%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C%22prop%2Fstatement%2F%22%29%20.%0A%20%20%20BIND%28IRI%28CONCAT%28CONCAT%28SUBSTR%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C1%2C29%29%2C%22direct%2F%22%29%2CSUBSTR%28STR%28%3Fr%29%2C40%29%29%29%20as%20%3Frprop%29%20%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wikibase%3AdirectClaim%20%3Frprop%20.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%20%7B%20%23%20author%20of%20%2F%20creator%20of%0A%20%20%20%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP50%7Cwdt%3AP98%7Cwdt%3AP655%7Cwdt%3AP1773%7Cwdt%3AP170%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP577%20%3Ft%20.%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20FILTER%20%28%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%26%26%28%3Ft%20%3E%3D%20%3Fbirth%29%29%20%0A%20%20%20%23FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP629%20%3Fx%20%7D%20%0A%20%20%20FILTER%20NOT%20EXISTS%20%7B%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP800%20%3Fvalue%20%7D%20.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP1433%20%3Frr%20.%7D%20%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Fvalue%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%20%23Notable%20Works%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP800%20%3Frr%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20%20wdt%3AP577%7Cwdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP1191%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%26%26%28%3Ft%20%3E%3D%20%3Fbirth%29%29.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Frr%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20UNION%20%23discoverer%20or%20inventor%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP61%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP575%7Cwdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP585%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%26%26%28%3Ft%20%3E%3D%20%3Fbirth%29%29.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Frr%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20UNION%20%23architect%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP84%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP1619%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%26%26%28%3Ft%20%3E%3D%20%3Fbirth%29%29.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Frr%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%20UNION%20%23composer%0A%20%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP86%20%3Fperson%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Fperson%20wdt%3AP570%20%3Fdeath%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP569%20%3Fbirth%20.%0A%20%20%20%3Frr%20wdt%3AP571%7Cwdt%3AP1191%7Cwdt%3AP577%20%3Ft%20FILTER%20%28%28%3Ft%20%3C%3D%20%3Fdeath%29%26%26%28%3Ft%20%3E%3D%20%3Fbirth%29%29.%0A%20%20%20OPTIONAL%20%7B%3Frr%20wdt%3AP18%20%3Fimage%20.%7D%0A%20%20%7D%0A%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%2C%20fr%2C%20de%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%20GROUP%20BY%20%3Ft%20%3Fvalue%20%3Frr%20%3FrrLabel%20%3FvalueLabel%0AORDER%20BY%20%3Ft%0A%20 Timeline of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson] (source)
 * Canals within 800 kilometres of Glasgow (source)
 * File systems by developer, date, and OS (source)
 * Map of metro stations of Bilbao (source)
 * Highest point of each department of France (source)
 * Newest database reports: properties count by datatype, Mayflower voyage participants, film archives

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here.
 * Development
 * Fixed a series of smaller regressions after switching to Cirrus based search backend (T179045, T179061, T179130)
 * Latitudes, longitudes, as well as coordinate precisions have accidentally been exported to RDF as xsd:decimal, and are going to be exported as xsd:double soon (T179228)
 * Continue on refactoring PropertySuggester-python for better maintainability and performance (T179664)
 * Make AffectedPagesFinder take DESCRIPTION_USAGE into account (T176417)
 * Add  area where gadgets and user scripts can safely add indicators instead of directly appending to the value (T95403, d:WD:PC)
 * Accessing  will trigger a deprecation warning, gadgets and user script should use the   hook instead (T169771)
 * Work on caching constraint check results (T179849) and indicating that they are cached (T179844)
 * Work on JSON-LD support in the Purtle library used for exports (379669)


 * Monthly Tasks
 * Add labels, in your own language(s), for the new properties listed above.
 * Comment on property proposals: all open proposals
 * Suggested and open tasks!
 * Contribute to a Showcase item.
 * Help translate or proofread the interface and documentation pages, in your own language!
 * Help merge identical items across Wikimedia projects.
 * Help write the next summary!

Read the full report &middot; Unsubscribe &middot; Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 14:36, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-46
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week
 * The diff you see when you compare two different versions of a page has changed on MediaWiki.org and the test wiki. This is to make it easier to find a text change in a moved paragraph. It will hopefully soon come to more wikis. You can report bugs in Phabricator.
 * A new user group on Commons will be able to upload MP3 files. The plan is to have this user group from 17 November.
 * Wikis using Flagged Revisions will get the New filters for Edit Review by default on the recent changes pages. It will be possible to opt-out in user preferences.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 November. It will be on all wikis from 16 November (calendar).

Meetings
 * Octicons-tools.svg You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 15 November at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes
 * Support for uploading and viewing 3D models is coming soon to Wikimedia Commons. The feature will support the .STL file format. You can see an example on the test wiki.

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  19:19, 13 November 2017 (UTC)